Archive for November, 2009

RT: @wacseattle: Oprah is agai…

November 30, 2009 No Comments

RT: @wacseattle: Oprah is again devoting her show tomorrow to “Half the Sky” and raising awareness for women’s issues.

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Great topic at #mifimon today:…

November 30, 2009 No Comments

Great topic at #mifimon today: why #microfinance focuses on #women

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RT: @SaveTogether: In Seattle …

November 30, 2009 No Comments

RT: @SaveTogether: In Seattle this Wednesday night? Join us for our launch party and happy hour at the Rat and Raven – http://bit.ly/5tBUMd

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Trying to explain the best of …

November 30, 2009 No Comments

Trying to explain the best of microfinance? @unitus has a great video here: http://tinyurl.com/yauflc3

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Microfinance Professionals: Ne…

November 25, 2009 No Comments

Microfinance Professionals: New Course from Accion and Harvard http://tinyurl.com/yfdaebs

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what good books have your read…

November 23, 2009 No Comments

what good books have your read lately? I need recommendations for how I should spend my birthday gift certificate

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Great apes using microfinance?…

November 23, 2009 No Comments

Great apes using microfinance? Not quite but cool project nonetheless http://tinyurl.com/yevbwkf

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Microfinance Projects to Support Wildlife Conservation

November 23, 2009 1 Comment

Village Enterprise has just announced a project to achieve Wildlife Conservation–particularly great apes in East Africa–using microfinance as one of the channels for achieving the goal.

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RT: @CGAP: What happens when a…

November 23, 2009 No Comments

RT: @CGAP: What happens when a mobile operator and a microfinance bank join up? EasyPaisa launches in Pakistan http://bit.ly/5NjAnM

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This takes the bloom off the r…

November 22, 2009 No Comments

This takes the bloom off the rose for #microcredit, if widespread. Uncollateralized loans enforced through repo: http://tinyurl.com/ycvvgop

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“Equilibrium”: Microfinance Event at Seattle Pacific U on May 10th

Equilibrium | SPU 2012 from Mandie Sodoma on Vimeo. May 10th, 6-9 pm, Martin Square, Seattle, WA

Catalyst for Change 48 Hour Challenge

From the Rockefeller Foundation and the Institute for the Future:

All About Upaya: Microenterprise Accelerator

To learn more about the work of Upaya and its LiftUP Project, click on the image to watch their...

UPDATE: Screening of Bonsai People, the New Muhammad Yunus Documentary

SeaMo and other members of the Seattle microfinance community will be hosting the premier of Bonsai People, a documentary...

Wokai Seattle: Drinks for a Better World on December 8th

Wokai commissioned emerging Chinese photographers to travel to remote rural villages and capture images of Wokai’s work in microfinance....